The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 6, 2103
Waxing Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
9:57 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2235
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 115.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -18.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.59° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.05° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.